Altai: Wu Ming
Sequel to Q, in which characters from the first book come back to settle old scores, as the Republic of Venice and the whole 16th Century world order seem ready to crumble.
Class struggles, climate change, and the origins of modern agriculture
Submitted by Out of the Woods on Aug 18 2014 09:54
Class conflicts and colonial expansion in the context of the Little Ice Age lead to the emergence of capitalist agriculture and the transformation of social relations on a world scale.
From a representation of the army
A short appeal by The Levellers for Parliament to adopt a number of political reforms and address the grievances of the army.
An agreement of the people - John Wildman
A short appeal from army regiments under the sway of the Levellers for peace and political reform to more equally distribute power within England.
Civil disorder in England in the 1630s - Ian Brooke
Submitted by Glimmer on Apr 20 2013 09:39
A snapshot from history showing that the spirit of direct action and mass civil disobedience is very much part of the fabric of English history.
The myth of 1648: class, geopolitics, and the making of modern international relations - Benno Teschke
This work presents a myth-busting account of how class conflict and economic development, and not only interstate rivalry, led to the emergence of the modern state system.
Agrarian class structure and economic development in pre-industrial Europe - Robert Brenner
Submitted by Joseph Kay on May 9 2012 07:14
Robert Brenner's influential essay on the origins of capitalism, arguing that the balance of class forces in the countryside was crucial to the rise and dominance of capitalist wage labour relations.
The London Riots 1641-42
Submitted by RitaRearguard on Jan 21 2012 10:02
Ian Brooke writes that London’s riots were nothing new: a popular uprising was a key part of the early stages of the English revolution
Witch-hunts and the transition to capitalism?
Submitted by Joseph Kay on Dec 20 2011 00:26
I remember when I first Silvia Federici's Caliban and the Witch I liked its synthesis of autonomist Marxist emphasis on class struggle and Foucauldian 'politics of the body', situating the womens struggles as a site of class conflict. But I also had some nagging doubts about elements of the historical narrative.
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